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President Obama has said Britain would be in the

live from Wrexham on day five of our tour of wales.

The NHS needs radical change to cope with growing demand

That's the warning tonight to whoever wins the election.

They're much more radical changes now needed if we are going to

actually stem this demand, and it is about trying to manage that demand

at work differently. Also tonight - the former

Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Ellis Thomas upsets his own party

by endorsing a Labour Candidate. The family of Private Cheryl James

accept they may never know exactly what happened to her -

despite two and a half months A convenience for passangers -

or or a threat to Cardiff cabbies? The taxi booking app Uber launches

in the capital. Welcome to Wrexham on day five

of our tour of Wales. This is the largest town

in North Wales, just a few miles The traditional steel and coal

industries have long gone, and many jobs here now

depend on manufacturing. People here have told me

that they're concerned about improving the town centre,

transport links and of course - Last year the health board here,

Betsi Cadwladr, was put into "special measures" -

over concerns about mental health , And tonight there's been a call

for radical changes right across the NHS in Wales,

but what should a modern Our health correspondent Owain

Clarke has this special report. The politicians argue about it,

we all depend on it. It's no surprise that the NHS

is a top election issue but whichever way you look

at it, a clear picture emerges, but whichever way you look at it,

a clear picture emerges, that of And that has not gone

unnoticed by those There aren't the funds,

really, these days , to pay for it, so it's a question

really of prioritising. I feel that the not doers and nurses

are under great strain. In a way, the NHS is

a victim of its own success.

Since it was established in 1948, technology mean we are living

longer, it also means the NHS has to There's much more radical change now

needed, so it's about spreading that good practice

and doing it on a much larger scale, and the danger is if we don't

do that, we won't be able

to have an NHS that sustainable and fit

for She also says more

resources needs to be moved from hospitals to community

services, and more staff needs to be recruited to areas of

shortages like large parts of north Wales,

but crucially, she argues the public

should be at the heart of the debate But that doesn't always

happen, and you don't have to rewind the clock too far

to find a classic example. Out of the blue, early last year,

Betsi Cadwaladr Health board announced it would shut

the doctor led maternity unit blaming a severe

shortage of junior doctors. It led to an almighty row,

and eventually the decision was reversed even though

the recruitment problem But bosses say they will do better

and listen more in future, but to what extent are

the politicians listening? All the main parties in this

election are promising to put millions

of pounds extra into the NHS. Government seem to have this rather

unfortunate habit of finding

a bit more money down the back of the sofa

when the Now, that may appear

that it helps the health service. think it's doesn't if it means those

difficult decisions are I would appeal to any prospective

candidates that they don't promise the earth,

because invariably a promise to produce one service

within the NHS, given the current budgetary constraints,

means that somebody else uses out. But despite all the difficulties,

most people are very happy

with the care they get. And the truth is we could all help

the NHS out by looking But according to this

leading children's doctor, If politicians become

too preoccupied with dealing with the

pressures of today, with dealing with the pressures

of today, they might not spot We have the highest

proportion of children with diabetes, in Wales,

and we are spending millions on the management of diabetes

in adults, and if we spent that money in childhood

on prevention of obesity and development of diabetes, then we

would save millions in the long run. Outlining what the NHS in Wales

might look like in ten or 20 years' The politicians want your

vote so they can be in Addressing the challenges

facing the health service and changing today's picture

could take a whole lot longer. Owain, the health service

really is the dominant Yes, and perhaps in sharper focus

here than in many other places, Jamie, because the troubles of

etiquette one of the health board have so often recently been in the

headlines. Lots of talk in the campaign and around the campaign

today about tough choices and difficult decisions, the NFS

confederation representing management and the BMA representing

doctors pretty much saying that the NHS might not be able to cope in ten

or 20 years' time unless big changes like shifting resources from

hospitals to the community happen. Changes hard on the NHS, not like a

factory that you can shut down and refit. The NHS is popular and people

are protective of their services. Conservatives want to reopen minor

injury units, plied want a diagnosis services, you did want better

training for services. What isn't in that list is any indication of what

the NHS might not be able to do or not be able to afford to do in ten

or 20 years' time. That is maybe to be expected though in an election.

Well, Plaid Cymru's former leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas is in hot

water with his party this evening, by suggesting people vote

for a labour candidate in the upcoming Police

Our political editor Nick Servini joins me.

Well, Lord Ellis Thomas, Jamie, has said that people should use one of

their two votes to support the Labour candidate, David Taylor, now

should remind people that the week after next as well as the Assembly

elections can we way have elections for the police and crime commission,

so people have two votes at first reference. In the second preference,

if someone doesn't get more than 50% of the road than the second

preference kicks in, so he said something that could benefit David

Taylor and is not, crucially, the Plaid Cymru candidates. What have

Plaid Cymru said about this this evening to mark well, it is an

election in Wales, and they don't tend to happen without Plaid Cymru

to having some difficulty with something. Nevertheless, I spoke to

a senior figure in the party today who told me that even by his

rebellious standards, this is below the belt, and the point is now with

timing so close to the election to make this call to get people to vote

tactically in these elections, to try to keep out Ukip is really not

what they are after, but they are too busy to try and do anything

about it now. Nick, thank you, and you can find

a full list of all candidates in the Police and Crime Commissioner

elections on May 5th More from Wrexham later,

when we'll be looking at Labour's chances in this election,

and hearing from one Wrexham man who's told us what he'd like to see

from the next welsh government First, here's Jennifer Jones

with the rest of the day's news. The family of Private Cheryl

James from Llangollen who died more than 20 years ago say

they accept they may never know A fresh inquest ordered

into her death at the Deepcut base in Surrey after new information

came to light. Our reporter Paul Heaney has been

following it What do we know now that

wasn't well known before? Well, over 100 witnesses heard over

the past two and a half months, but still lots of conflicting evidence.

In part because this happen such a long time ago. There has the heart

of this, how Cheryl James came to be shot. Two ballistics experts say in

their opinion it's likely she was shot at close range, it could have

been self-inflicted, it may have been suicide, but in contrast to

that another experts, a pathologist, commissioned by private James's

family says it's his view that she was shot from distance. Why does

that matter? Well, if she was shot from distance then it raises the

possibility at least that somebody else had a part to play in her

death. It may not have been suicide, and this the army thought all those

years ago. And what have we learned about what life was like those years

ago in deep cut barracks? Many soldiers painted a picture of

bullying and abuse in the camp in 1995. Some allegations that more

senior soldiers saw female recruits as sexual challenges. They denied

that was the case when this picture the corner, but we've already had an

apology for the Army for the kind of environment that private Cheryl

James and other young soldiers found themselves in an Surrey 20 years ago

than stop all, what happens next? Every single day of evidence thus

far has been seen by her father, he wants no stone left unturned this

time. The coroner will deliver his verdict on the 18th of May.

A ?120 million holiday village and housing development on Anglesey

The Land and Lakes project near Holyhead could create around

600 jobs, and was agreed after a ?20 million deal

was made to mitigate its potential impact on the area.

The taxi booking app, Uber, has launched in Cardiff.

The system, which has been successful in 16 other UK cities,

allows users to book private hire cars through their smartphones.

Some rival taxi-firms are worried they'll be

pushed out of the market, while others say they

The Uber taxi app has been a runaway global success,

but it sparked anger among established taxi organisations

In London, cabbies protested and in Paris things got

Today, it's launched in Cardiff, so how does it work?

You simply go to the Uber app, you press the button, and it

tells you there will be one along very shortly.

Uber already operates in 57 countries

The company claimed their success is because they are cheaper

and more convenient than their rivals.

You can see a picture of the driver

that is coming to pick you up with their name, the make and model

of their car and the registration of a car, say can be absolutely certain

that the car that turned up is the one that you've booked

Martin Carter has been a cabbie for 17 years and

is Cardiff's first registered Uber operator.

He believes the system has benefits for drivers to.

The fare is safe, there's no chance of a runner,

because we have credit card details.

If you travel along, you can monitor your journey with your

smartphone and when you get to your destination there is no cash to pay.

You simply pay your fare with your online bank account.

But the competition isn't standing still.

Dragon is Wales's largest private hire firm.

They've launched their own app and relish

Already, we are heading towards 1 million

passengers who are booking by app, and that's after five months.

More and more people are using applications as I know

from my own children, they seem to live off

them, so on that basis we had to make sure that we were developing

That doesn't mean, of course, that that's the end of the

Back at Uber, they're confident Cardiff

If it is, they are keen to expand their service to

Cheers, drive. Thank you very much, sir!

Let's go back now to Jamie in Wrexham.

Here and neighbouring constituencies have long had

Labour Assembly members, but everything's to play

The Conservatives won Clwyd South in last year's general election -

and Ukip can't be ignored in this part of the world either.

They enjoyed increased support last May.

So is a changing political landscape in this part of Wales

Where Labour wants for votes on May the 5th, two

for the Assembly one for the Police Commissioner,

and another for a town council by-election.

All we can say is to allay their fears and say

that the NHS is safe in Labour's hands, the Welsh NHS.

Along the north Wales coast in February last year,

protests in Rhyl against changes to maternity care at the

The plan was later scrapped, but does that

Karen was pregnant with Jackson when she

Yeah, I always thought that Labour were there to help and

support our families like my own, but they don't seem to be.

former Welsh Labour leader Rhodri Morgan used to say

that Labour needed to win west of here.

And now, the Conservatives in particular

are eyeing up Labour-held territory to the east.

So, how would Rhodri Morgan conduct this campaign?

The key thing is concentration on the

marginal seats, and in those marginal seats, it's putting

pressure on people who have got perhaps a primary loyalty to the Lib

Dems, to Plaid, to Greens, or Ukip or whatever to say look,

in this constituency or that constituency,

here, the key battle, constituency, your first vote,

choose between Conservatives and Labour.

The pundits seem north-east Wales as somewhere that has the potential

to influence the outcome of this election.

The emphasis is on potential, because really, in the

last election, these weren't marginals.

Seats, like Wrexham, Delyn, even Clwyd South, really,

and then of course Vale of Clwyd which was won

very narrowly by Conservatives with a really impressive campaign and

a strong candidate in last year's election.

It's an uphill struggle, Labour leads the opinion polls, but

it's down on where it was before the last Assembly

One Labour Party campaigner with plenty of experience of

knocking on doors around here told me that six months ago he was

pessimistic about the party's prospects in some north Wales seats,

but since then the outlook has improved.

Throughout this campaign, Carwyn Jones has tried to show

solidarity with steelworkers whose industry is reeling from a crisis,

but the real battle for Labour isn't in its former industrial heartlands,

it's the marginal seats here in the north and in the south,

where this battle will be won or lost.

Daniel Davies with the first of a series of reports looking

at the election prospects of the main parties.

The main party leaders have all outlined what they'd do

if they get elected - but what would you like from

You've been sending us your ideas as part of My Manifesto 2016.

Lucy's been to see Ken Mack from Wrexham who got in touch to say

what he'd do if he were First Minister.

You've been e-mailing, tweeting, and writing to us in droves. Telling us

what you would do if you were in charge of Wales. I've come to see

Ken Mack. He turned us that nothing is more important to him than making

sure the most vulnerable people in society are safe. If I were the

First Minister, I would enact a holistic bill of Rights that would

protect elderly, disabled and vulnerable people in their own

homes, in hospitals, and in care homes. Ken has been campaigning for

the rights of older people sent his mother-in-law who has dementia went

into a care home. At 75 he is also concerned about the future of two of

his three sons, who have intellectual disabilities. The

biggest worry for me is what is going to happen to the likes of my

sons when they are no longer around, and I'm not sure. Elderly and

disabled and vulnerable people, they need reassuring, in my book. They

really needed now, and that will only come with adequate legal

protection. All of us may need to go into care at some point in our

lives. Have you feel about that? I'd be very apprehensive. I'd be very,

very nervous indeed. We've got to reassure these people, and I can

only be by proper adequate legislation. Well, can will be

interested to know that the older people' Commissioner 's also wants

legislation to protect the rights of older people. It has cross-party

support, and a group of experts is now looking into how it could work

in practice, and they will be sharing their findings with the next

Welsh government. Carers and the only issues that affect us as we

age. I've joined this gentle yoga class to see what matters to the

over 65 is here. This leisure Centre stop getting funding from the

council 's three weeks ago, and now relies on donations and the work of

volunteers. It's mainly used by retired people. If I was First

Minister, I would ensure funding for local swimming pools, libraries, and

leisure centres. If I were First Minister, I would ensure that public

toilets stay open and free. With just under two weeks to go until

polling day, there's still time for you to have your say in My Manifesto

2016. And here are the details of how you can get in touch with us as

part of my manifesto 2016, you can e-mail us. Contact us on Twitter and

Facebook, and you can also write to us. Well, Nick has joined me again.

We have been speaking to a lot of people this week, how do you feel

the election campaign feels on the doorstep? Get a macro to things I

would pick up on Jamie. There is clearly some worry that it is going

to be a low turnout. This is felt right across the parties. The

dominance of the European referendum, the question is never

inevitably if the Assembly could be cutting through? We say this all the

time, it is very important in low turnout elections that the on the

ground local operation is present, but it will be truer this time round

than any other election. The other big story of cause in the news as

the steel crisis, which is running parallel with this campaign. I think

there is a view among many that Labour sees that initiative,

criticism of the Conservative response, and a big day yesterday

with a big offer from the UK Government with a 25% stake. Welsh

Conservatives are seizing upon this, saying that the big hope for them is

that it will take the sting out of the story, and in other words it

will cancel everyone out and no one party will gain or be damaged as a

result of the unfolding steel crisis. Nick, thank you very much.

More from Wrexham later in the programme was first, back to

Jennifer. are in the South of France ahead

of tomorrow's European Challenge Cup Kingsley Jones will take charge

of the region, following the departure of the Director

of Rugby, Lyn Jones. The man appointed

to push the Dragons through to the end of

the season, but who is set

to be boss long-term? After the departure

of Lyn Jones this week, open-minded about stepping up to be

director of rugby. For now, he says,

it's all about tomorrow's European Challenge Cup game

against Montpellier. We're in a semifinal,

we want to win. So, you know, internally,

we've been very focused this week, the players have been

excellent, it's quite a short Six days, not the end of the world

but if we get the result, you know, it could be

massive for our region. Rumours and speculation have been

circulating about Spotted recently at

the Harlequins' training ground, during an extended period away

from his work because of illness, Wednesday's announcement didn't come

as a great surprise. Recent results may also have

led to the change Dragons haven't won

in the Pro 12 since January. That's eight consecutive league

games without a win. With just four victories throughout

the season, they are now 10th in the table, 23 points behind

ninth placed ospreys. They're just abroad

the struggling Italian sides. In the league, we haven't been doing

what we'd hoped this year in terms of results, but European cup has

been something we can fall back upon, and yes, second

semifinal in two years is massive for a club

of this size, and you know, hopefully,

we can go one better than last year For the players,

success on the European stage starting in France tomorrow

would put a shine on what's been Lets get the weather

for the weekend -- After the recent sunshine and warmth

- turning colder over the weekend - still with some sunny spells -

but also a few wintry showers. The front which brought some rain

moves back southwards overnight - these isobars straighten out -

introducing northerly The cloud and rain clears

southwards tonight - clearer skies develop from the north

- winds turn lighter - but bring that colder air -

so some frost possible in rural So a cold start tomorrow -

some frost patches - then a largely fine day with patchy

cloud, sunny spells and showers - showers could be wintry on high

ground - hail possible at lower levels - but it should stay

fine and dry for most - just feeling chilly

in the northerly breeze. Highs of 9C in Wrexham

-12 in Swansea. High pressure to the west of the UK

- this trough just clipping NE Wales Saturday night into Sunday -

otherwise things are fairly settled. Saturday night - a few

showers in the N - could be wintry in the hills -

otherwise dry clear and colder - with some rural frost

patches overnight. Then a largely dry and bright start

on Sunday - stronger NW winds - some thicker cloud later though -

and a few showers pushing Noticeably colder and breezy

over the weekend - often bright and blustery with a few

showers - some wintry - patchy frost by night -

staying chilly for the start of next week - maybe a bit milder

again later next week. Today's picture from Phil Pen -

bluebells out in Conwy - but no sign of any really warmer

weather for the end of April. If you have any photos to help

tell the weather story - you can send them to us

by email or twitter. Or become one of our weather

watchers - you can sign up - And you can keep up

to date with the detail - on the smartphone app -

and check out the latest video forecast online

at bbc.co.uk/weather. I'll hand you back now

to Jamie in Wrexham. On Monday we're in Caerphilly,

Tuesday, Brecon. Cardiff - Wednesday,

Merthyr - Thursday, That's Wales Today

live from Wrexham. Have a great weekend,

from all of us on the programme